For my brother J

this life is but a dream
until death wakes you up

You can go
out of your mind.
Just don't be seen leaving.

Is it the loneliness
or more the longing?

For Cara

If freedom had wings ...
someone would shoot it
out of the sky.

Love is ...

having someone to hold

how old you are
is all the years spent
wishing, waiting, hoping, praying

how young you are
is all the years spent
living

seek
and you shall find

seek too hard
and you shall tire

seek too long
and you shall bend

for who can tell
if where you stand
is where the ocean begins
or where it ends

he remembers a story
where the one who survived
was not the fearless
who from his wounds bled
but the coward
who shut his eyes
and played dead

forever to wander
forever to roam
no place
no heart
to call home

it takes
two to tango

one to sing

Love is...

not looking to the next table

I have a dream

... it is never to wake up

the struggle never ceases

we just call it different things
at different times

the problem more often
is not what it is you're looking for
... it's where to start looking

For G

no one can hurt you now
but yourself
and no one can love you more
than yourself

I can wipe away your tears
but only you can make them stop

there are no answers
... only clues

there is always
something left
to smile about

life
is getting to the other side

faith
is hoping you can make it

it takes a long time sometimes
for the tears to dry

... and then you wonder
what it was that made you cry

it's harder
when you want more
to love
than be loved